It was the AOIC’s first combat tour as a SEAL and “although he invested a lot of faith and trust in his leadership to guide him and do the right thing, ultimately the message he got back was that no one wanted to hear what he had to say or heard it and tried to contain the information from being released,” he told prosecutors.Īlthough the AOIC’s proffer seeks blanket immunity from any future prosecution in exchange for his testimony, his attorney Hanzel said he was motivated to come forward “because he’s trying to do the right thing.” In his proffer, the AOIC stated he “felt chilled in talking to his chain of command at the team” about Gallagher and Portier because problems he “raised were either heard and not acted upon or completely disregarded.” And a SEAL command master chief in a deploying team also had known Gallagher before he rose to his position.

Robert Breisch, was a prior-enlisted sailor who became an officer - a “mustang” - who also had worked closely with Gallagher. Portier was Gallagher’s student going through SEAL BUD/s training.

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